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OH 1876

About the Interviewee

IntervieweePEACOCK, James LeRoy (b. 1920)
Military ServiceU.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1876
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFlight instructor at Tuskegee Army Airfield. Childhood in Macon, Georgia; Army Air Corps flight training; selection as a flight instructor; assignment to Tuskegee Army Airfield; segregation at Tuskegee; reaction of white community to black pilots; reassignment as a bomber pilot; transition to Reserves at end of war; discharge form Reserves; thoughts on time at Tuskegee; post-military life.
Interviewer(s)Todd Moye
Physical Description92 pp. plus documents (16 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen

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